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Boy’s body found in creek Boeing Grayson Hill, 2, wandered away from his home in Monroe
to build for Air Force 2 747-200s used for nearly 30 years to fly presidents have performed well, but obsolete parts and other factors mean it’s time to replace them. By Dan Catchpole Herald Writer
EVERETT — It’s official: The Boeing Co. is making 747-8s for the U.S. president. The U.S. Air Boeing’s Force told Boeing on Friday to start 737 MAX takes its preliminary work first flight, A9 to replace two aging 747-200s used as Air Force One. “This initial effort is about reducing risk, really understanding where the tough work will be, finding affordability opportunities, and getting the best value for the taxpayer, while continuing to meet the needs of our commander-in-chief,” said Col. Amy McCain, the Presidential Aircraft Recapitalization program manager, in a news release. “This contract gets us started on determining how to modify a 747-8 to become the next Air Force One, and finding opportunities for cost reduction,” McCain said. The contract will eventually be modified to include design and purchase.
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Snohomish County Sheriff’s Department personnel, along with search and rescue teams, stage operations near Woods Creek Road in Monroe on Friday before searching for 2-year-old Grayson Hill, whose body was later discovered in Woods Creek.
By Ian Terry and Eric Stevick Herald Writers
MONROE — A 2-year-old boy was found dead Friday after wandering away from his home northeast of Monroe. Grayson Hill was found about a half mile downstream in Woods Creek, according to the Snohomish County Sheriff ’s Office. He appeared to have hypothermia and attempts to revive him were unsuccessful, sheriff ’s Lt. Rodney Rochon said. Grayson was last seen by his mother around 12:20 p.m.
Friday. She called 911 to report him missing about 20 minutes later. His body was found just after 3:30 p.m. Grayson Hill P o l i c e closed down the area of Woods Creek Road. The county Medical Examiner’s Office was asked to
collect the body and determine the cause of death. Before the boy was found, Rochon said he was concerned that the creek was running high and fast with the recent rainfall. The boy’s house in the 12700 block of Woods Creek Road was about 35 feet from the creek. The boy’s mother made a thorough search of the home and property before calling for help, Rochon said. Searchers converged on the rural area, looking for signs of the boy. They checked the brush along the creek and used
helicopters, hovercraft and divers. About 70 people — deputies, medics, search and rescue volunteers and others, including the boy’s father — were involved in the search and hoping they would find the boy alive. Search dogs also were used. “It’s disappointing,” Rochon said. The Hills bought the house in December, county property records show. Rikki King contributed to this story. Eric Stevick: 425-339-3446; stevick@heraldnet.com.
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15 years for dealing heroin Herald Writer
EVERETT — James Painter’s business was heroin. He made lots of money slinging dope to addicts, tens of thousands of dollars a week when business was good. There was cash for houses, cars, expensive gadgets and brand names. Business was always good.
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Painter didn’t give much thought to the people whose lives revolved around what he was pushing. His teenage years were mired in the drug world and he learned then that peddling methamphetamine or heroin was lucrative and worth the risk. Drug money could buy things outside his low-income family’s grasp. Relatives came to count on him for making ends meet.
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James Painter (left) talks with his defense attorney, John Henry Browne, at the Snohomish County Courthouse in Everett on Friday. Painter was sentenced to 15 years for selling more than 4 pounds of heroin.
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He did a short stint in jail after catching a couple of drug charges in 2007. The money lured him back and Painter got himself connected to the heroin pipeline. By 2013, he was the prime customer at a supply house set up by Mexican nationals. They were tied to the violent Sinaloa Cartel, the notorious trafficking operation behind thousands of killings in the battle to stay on top of the multibillion-dollar drug trade.
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